Two States, Sudan resume negotiations Thursday. South accept map object to mediation, Sudan
«African mediator mediates a major delegation of negotiations in Addis Ababa at the beginning of the last round of negotiations»
06-14-2012 01:08 AM
- The African Union announced the start of a new round of security talks between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa on 21 June, to discuss border security issues and outstanding, especially with regard to the establishment of a demilitarized safe area. The head of the African Union Commission Jean Ping, said in a statement issued yesterday, said that the next meeting to be held in the framework of the political and security mechanism between the two countries, will focus on the demarcation of the border region demilitarized safe and that if progress is made towards the application of most of the other items.
He added that the two sides Ping forward proposals and maps about the demilitarized safe area during the previous round of talks, held in Addis Ababa from 27 May to 7 June. Ping said: "Although each party to reject the proposal of the other party unless they become closer to reaching an agreement." "The Government of Southern Sudan has accepted the end of the meeting map provided by the Commission on African mediation" and headed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, but Ping pointed out that the Khartoum government was informed after the conclusion of the previous meeting objections to the map proposed by the Mediation Committee to the Security Council " Based on the alleged non-compliance with the maps adopted by the United Nations of the border between the two countries. "
The round of negotiations between the two countries had adjourned last week and announced the suspension to a later date to discuss the security arrangements, borders and security issues outstanding between the two countries in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed 2005. Negotiations and the head of the African mediation led by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and who paid paper compromise between the two sides on security arrangements, such as raising the negotiations. There were conflicting reports on the reasons for settlement negotiations and went some of these reports to the extent described, but "collapse", but a member of the delegation of the Sudanese government negotiator denied, after his return to Khartoum, the failure of the negotiations and attributed the suspension to "Links to the President and members of the African Mechanism of high-level Athafe African and not for any reason or failure in the negotiations. " The Ambassador Omar Dahab member of the negotiating team in dialogue with the Sudanese radio to the difficulties facing the negotiations, but said it would go forward in the coming period to their ends.